Jessica Pace

abny7j@r.postjobfree.com

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Cleveland, MS 38732

662-***-****

Education:

University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL; December 2009

Master’s in Library and Information Studies

Membership in American Library Association and Society of American Archivists

University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS; December 2007

Bachelor of Science in Psychology, Graduated with Honors

Experience:

Instructional Resources Center Library Assistant II

Roberts LaForge Library, Delta State University Cleveland, MS September 2010 present

• Provide reference assistance and project consultation

• Help increase usability of collection

o Consult with design of library environment

• Manage reserves for faculty

• Supervise student workers

o Coordinate work; training and orientation

Library Assistant (Volunteer)

Hoole Special Collections Library, Tuscaloosa, AL October 2009 June 2010

• Processed manuscript collections

• Created collection inventories

• Conducted research

Genealogical research

Historical research

• Provided remote reference assistance

Library Assistant (Intern)

Interned at the Capps Archives Cleveland, MS July 2009

• Manuscript collection processor

- Arranged and described collection

- Weeded items

Preserved items when necessary

Library Assistant (Intern)

B.B. King Museum Indianola, MS May 2009

• Accessioning assistant

- Provided numerical and descriptive data for items including contracts and tour

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- Worked with documents, ephemera, and realia

- Scanned items

Skills:

Databases:

• General

o Academic OneFile, JSTOR, Lexis Nexis Academic, Academic Search Premier,

Dissertations and Theses, WorldCat, Google Scholar, General OneFile, Book

Review Index, ProQuest

Sciences

•

o ScienceDirect, SciFinder, Web of Science, BIOSIS Previews, BioOne

Social Sciences

•

o PsychInfo; PsychArticles

Medical

•

o PubMed, Nursing and Allied Health Source

Government

•

o AGRICOLA, Catalog of U.S. Government Publications

Periodicals

•

o 19th Century Newspapers, Periodicals Index Online

Genealogy

•

o Ancestry.com

Other skills:

• Proficient in Microsoft Office including Excel, PowerPoint, Word

• Experience using Archivists’ Toolkit

• Excellent writing skills

• Data gathering and analysis for research

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